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I don't know what the rationale was for including so many teams but development was not a major part of the discussion. [/quote]

Tournaments have nothing to do with development.   They are huge fundraising events for the hosting clubs.   That's it.  The motivation to provide a good experience is only because it's a competitive market.   With the sheer number of tournaments being offered now,  teams have many options.   But it is all about making money, and there's nothing wrong with that.   The clubs are non-profits, so after paying the operating expenses (including sometimes professional tournament directors), they have to pour that $$ back into the clubs.

Where does it go?  Some goes for training and equipment, which offsets costs for the players.  A lot of it also goes into field improvement, including providing funding for more turf fields, many of which have been paid for by public-private partnerships between soccer clubs and local governments.

It would take a lot of bake sales and car washes to come close to the amount of money that can be raised from a tournament with hundreds of teams playing $900-1200 each. [/quote]

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